Convenience Big Store: Hurricane Beryl is a Category 4 storm heading into the Caribbean. Could Texas later be in its path?

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What would you think of the Harris County Sheriff's Office using artificial intelligence to help with thousands of hours of body camera footage and non-emergency calls?

Officials there are considering it, as one of the agency's chief goals is to be on the forefront of AI technology in law enforcement.

Administrators at the sheriff's office said they see the biggest benefits are AI's ability to parse through vast quantities of data.

But agencies adopting AI hasn't been greeted with universal acclaim, as Houston Chronicle reporter Matt deGrood writes here.

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